GUYON, J. M. B. DE LA MOTHE - L'ame amante de son Dieu représentée dans les emblems de Hermannus Hugo et dans ceux d'Othon Vaenius sur l'amour divin. Paris, 1790. Pbd. d. Zt. Titel, Gest. Titel, 188 S. Mit 38 Kupfertaf. nach F. G. Wexelberg.
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HOMER - Die Odyssee. Neu übertragen von R. A. Schröder. 2 Bde. (Weimar, H. Graf Kessler für den Insel Verlag, Leipzig 1910/11). 40, Ohpgt. m. reicher Verg. und gemustertem Buntpapierbezug (Entwurf: M. Fortuny). 3 Bl., 178 S., I Bl.; 3 Bl., 169 S., 1 Bl. Mit 2 OTitel- u. 3 Olnitial-Holzschn. v. A. Maillol sowie OHolzschn. u. Initialen von E. Gill. Nr. 304 von 425 num. Expl.
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BROTUFF, E. - Chronica und Antiquitates des alten Keiserlichen Stiffts, der Römischen Burg, Colonia und Stadt Marsburg an der Salah. Mit vielen sonderlichen seltzamen Historien und Geschichten dieser Lande. Lpz., 1557. Kl.-fol., Hldr. d. 19. Jhdts., 8 nn. Bl., 106 Bl., 14 nn. Bl. Titelholzschn, sowie über 150 Holzschn. im Text (Wappen).
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ARISTOTELES. - Logica Aristotelis, Libri Logicorum ad Archetypos recogniti, cum novis ad literam commentariis. Paris, 1540. Fol., Neues L.dr. unter Verwendung alten Materials. 272 Bl. (le.w.) Mit schöner Holzschnitt Titelbordüre, sehr zahlreichen, teils figürlichen Initialen sowie zahlr. Mathematischen u. schematischen Textfiguren.
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BRENDEL, Z. - Chimia in artis forman redacta, ubi praeter methodum addiscendi...chimicas facilimam, disquisitio curata de famosissima praeparatione auri potabilis intituitur. Ed. secunda corrector, & auctior. Jena, Reiffenberger, 1641. 8 Bl., 175 S., 8 Bl. Mit Holzschn.- Druckermarke a. d. Tit. KI.- 80; Neuer Hldr. im Stil d. Zt. m. RBIindpräg.
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The first modern monograph on ants
WILDE, Jermias - De formica liber unus. Nürnberg, 1615. Half-vellum. 8vo [105 x 160mm]. (11), 108 pp. With engraved vignette on the title page. Title page slightly lose in the lower part, otherwise in very good condition.
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Manuscript of J. N. Vallot’s Natural Science lecture and a catalogue of drawings of the molluscs in the department of Cote d’Or
VALLOT, Jean-Nicolas - Exercise sur l'histoire naturelle. (Catalogue des Testaces de la Cote d'Or). Manuscript. Dijon, 1877. 8to [240 x 175 mm]. Half-vellum with gilt decorations on spine. 16 unnumbered pages and 12 plates with watercolor drawings.
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Ein neu entdecktes Geschlechterbuch derer von Stetten
Stetten, Johann Christoph von - Hernach volgen inn disem wappenbuech, der verheuraten Herren von Stetten Geschlechts Stammen, so inn der Statt Augspurg, und anderer orten Hochzeit gehalten, und gehabt, auch waß für Herren Geschlechter und Geschlechternen zue Ihnen gehürat haben von A(nno): 1429 an. Handschrift. Augsburg und Frankfurt, um 1596-1716. 4to [280 x 220 mm] 82 Bll. Mit 2 (1 ganzs.) Gouachen und 150 halbseitigen Wappenmalereien.
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Sammelband mit dem ersten offiziellen Gesangbuch für Zürich
TOSSANUS, DANIEL - Betbüchlein Oder Ubung der Christlichen Seel... Sampt einer vorgesetzten Summarischen Histori... Neustadt an der Hardt, 1601.
419, (1) S. und (EGLI, RAPHAEL) - Kirchen gesang Der gemeinen und gebreuchlichen Psalmen, Festgesangen... Zürich, Johann Wolff, 1605. Titel, 323 (v. 325) S., (4) Bl.
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Handschrift aus dem wissenschaftlichen Umfeld von Goethe
Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich (1791-1858) Botanik bey Doktor Mayer. Göttingen 1825. Göttingen, Georg August Universität Göttingen, 1825. Pappband der Zeit mit Rückenschild. [190 x 145 mm] (2), 212, (6) Seiten.
Äusserst seltene Mitschrift der Botanik-Vorlesung von Ernst Meyer an der Universität Göttingen.
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Hauptbücher und Sparkassenbücher der Sparkasse Oberviechtach aus dem 19. Jh.
Original-Hauptbücher der Sparkasse Oberviechtach aus den Jahren 1848-1852. Mit 61 aufgelösten Original-Sparkassenbüchern aus den Jahren 1843-1849.
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Important manuscript of Vauban’s last work
VAUBAN, Sebastien le Pretre deTraité de la Deffence des Places Par Feu le Marechal de Vauban. (France), 1706. 410 pages. With 8 folded manuscript plans.
Extremely rare contemporary manuscript of Vauban's last work. Our manuscript is believed to be an early text version of Vauban's last work, and enables further scholarly research into the history of the text.
EUR 4.500,-
Bedeutendes Tübinger Stammbuch aus dem Umkreis von Hölderlin und Schiller
Evangelisches Stift Tübingen. - Stammbuch von J.Ja. Jusserand. Tübingen, Birstein, Offenbach, Stuttgart und Strassburg, 1784-1788. Qu-8vo. Goldgeprägter Leder-Einband der Zeit mit Rückenschild. 366 num. Seiten. Mit 87 Einträgen von Studienkollegen und Lehrern sowie 18 handgemalten Silhouetten.
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Very rare surgical manuscript lecture notes after doctor J. B. A. Andouille’s demonstrations.
ANDOUILLE, Jean Baptiste Antoine (1690-1744) - "Principe de Chirurgie qui se demontrent par dem-ande et par Reponce fais par monsieur Antoine Andoulle metre chirurgien juré et ancien prevot de sa Compaignie et demonstrateur Royal de St. Come". Paris, 1735. Leather binding [ca. 22 x 17 cm], inside covers with marble paper. French manuscript in red and brown ink. 3 blank leaves, half-title, 367 numbered pages, (2) pp.
EUR 1200,-
Important manuscript notes of Giulio Pace’s lectures on Civil Law
PACE DE BERIGA, Giulio (1550-1635) - „Iulii Pacii a Beriga in institutiones iuris civilis erotemata. Monspelii, 1614 / Procemium“. Montpellier, 1614. Original handwritten lecture notes of a student of Giulio Pace's at the University in Montpellier. Contemporary velour leather binding [19,5 x 14,2cm], 297, (17) pp. Latin manuscript in brown ink.
EUR 4500,-
English Grand Tour manuscript diary from the 18th century
Grand Tour Diary. 2 volumes. Manuscript. 1785-1795. Manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, [125] + [137] leaves with together 332 written pages, unfoliated, mainly 30 lines to the page, contemporary vellum, remains of ties, folio (33 x 20.2 cm).
EUR 4.500,-
Portraitgalerie aus der Zeit der Reformation
Portraitsammlung reformierter Theologen, Gelehrter und Wissenschaftler. Deutschland (?), um 1600-1640. Leder-Einband des 18. Jh.; 8vo [162 x 94 mm]. Mit 70 (47 farbigen) handgemalten Portraits in ornamentalem Schmuckrahmen (Gouache und Feder).
EUR 7500,-
Dutch armorial manuscript for the region of Delfland in South Holland
Naamen en Wapenen der Dykgraaven en Hoog Heemraaden van Delfland: van soo Oude tyden als deselven te vinden syn, tot deese. Armorial manuscript from c. 1740. Drawings and handwriting in pen, ink and watercolor. With 164 coats of arms.
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Astronomical and astrological manuscript
French manuscript - "Discrection (Description?) de la Sphere et des Globes" (France), 1721. 15 leaves [ca. 31 x 22 cm].
EUR 2.500,-
Armorial Manuscript – Royal European families
„Blason et Armories des maisons souveraines & familles Illustres de l'Europe Commencant par celle de l'Auguste maison d'Austriche". 28 September 1758. Armorial manuscript with the coats of arms of Royal European families. In-folio [ca. 31 x 20 cm].
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Manuscript of the Carmelite convent in Lodeve
"Lieve des Revenus du Cidevant Monastere des Carmes". Lodeve, 1789. French 18th century manuscript. (3), 82 leaves, 5 Bl. Contemporary leather binding [36 x 23 cm].
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Manuscript ledger for Saint-Montan
BANNE DE BOISSY, Claude de - 16th-17th century manuscript ledger for Saint-Montan (Ardèche, France), 1610-1612. . Handwritten, contemporary vellum binding. French manuscript in brown ink on laid paper.
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Armorial manuscript containing the coats of arms of prominent Flemish families
French manuscript in brown ink and watercolor. In-folio [c. 33 x 20 cm]. Modern leather binding in 16th century style. 266 pages.
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Armorial manuscript from the late 18th century
Des heil. R. Reichs Adelstandserhöhungen unter ... Joseph des Zweiten ... Leopold des Zweiten ... Franz des Zweiten (1792-1796). 2 volumes. (Vienna), 1786-1795. Contemporary half calf bindings [24 x 19 x 4 cm], gilted and labelled on the spine. With 432 coats of arms.
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Das wiederentdeckte Geschlechterbuch derer von Rehlingen
Hernach folgen inn disem wappenbuech das geschlecht der Herren Rehlinger unnd Rehlingerin, so inn der Römisch Kaiserlichen Reichstatt Augsburg hochzeit gehalten unnd gehabt haben. (Augsburg), um 1574. Pappband des 18. Jh. 354 Seiten. Mit 340 Wappenmalereien.
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The newly discovered Silesian armorial manuscript by Johann Siebmacher
SIEBMACHER, Johann - Silesian Manuscript Armorial. Manuscript. Wroclaw, c.1578-1581. Oblong-8vo [170 x 220 mm] 152 leaves with 2280 painted coat of arms over pre-printed stencils. Bound together with a handwritten register on 41 leaves. 18th century quarter vellum binding.
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17th-century manuscript lectures from the Old University of Leuven
CHARNEUX, Henricus de / MELIS, Petrus - Physica et Metaphysica Data in Porco sub Eruditissimo Domino... scripta ab Edmundo Goossens Thenensi Anno 1679. Old University of Leuven, 1679. [212 x 164 mm] Engraved title page with manuscript title, 484 ll. With 19 text drawings, 15 whole-page drawings and 10 (2 fold. and 1 with folding part) engraved plates.
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18th-century manuscript lectures on physics
LACOUR, (?). - Cours abrégé de Phisique générale, particuliere et experimentale a l'usage de M. Guillaume Henri Godart, phisicien et pensionnaire du College royal de St. Louis. Metz, 1775. 4 parts in 1 volume. 4to Title, 219, 391 (i.e. 381) pp. With 44 text drawings.
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Important manuscripts on firearms
AUDOIN, E. - Mecanismes d'Armes. Pistolets automatiques. / Revolvers. France, 1936-1937. 2 volumes. Folio. With 327 drawings. Contemporary half leather bindings.
These exceptional manuscripts contain an important source of information on firearms from the second half of the 19th and early 20th-century. Both volumes include descriptions of 148 firearms of the most important contemporary manufacturers.
EUR 4.500,-
Satire on tobacco smoking
BIRKEN, SIGMUND VON; BALDE, JAKOB - Die Truckene Trunkenheit. Eine aus Jacobi Balde Lateinischem gedeutschte Satyra oder Straff-Rede wider den Mißbrauch des Tabaks. Samt einem Discurs von dem Nahmen, Ankunfft, Natur, Krafft und Würkung dieses Krauts. Nürnberg, Michael Endter, 1658. 8vo [123 x 70 mm]. (8), 256 pp., including engraved title. Later vellum binding.
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The anti-Islamic writings of Denis the Carthusian
Denis the Carthusian - Contra Alchoranum & sectam Machometicam libri quinque. Cologne, Peter Quentel, 1533. 8vo [153 x 99 mm] 18th century morocco with gilt floral ornaments on spine, gilt border on both covers, inside dentelles, all edges gilt. (16), 628, (i.e. 626), (2) pp.
EUR 2.500,-
Very rare zoological engravings after Abraham Bloemaert
Boetius Bolswert (c.1580 - 1633); after Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651) - Natus Dei solius ad servitium, cinctis homo, per hund, creates imperat. Amsterdam, Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1632. Oblong 4to. 14 numbered engravings.
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Exceptionally rare series of 17th century bird etchings
Le Roy, Henri (1579 - before 1669) - (Vogels / Owls and other birds). (Paris), Hermann Weyen, c.1665. Oblong 4to. 6 numbered engraved plates.
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Remarkable mid-17th century series of bird engravings
Flamen, Albert (1620-1692) - Livre d'oyseaux, dedie a Messire Gilles Foucquet. (Paris) c. 1650.Oblong 4to. Engraved title and 11 plates.
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Unrecorded series of 17th century ornithological engravings
Bonnart, Nicolas (1637-1718) - (Series of 12 etchings representing various birds). L'Aigle, N. Bonnart, c.1670. Oblong 4to. 12 engraved plates.
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Beautiful complete series of 17th century zoological etchings
Barlow, Francis (c.1626-1704) - Livre de plusieurs Animaux. Inventez par Barlou. (Paris), de Poilly, c.1675. Oblong 4to. Etched title and 10 etched plates.
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Extremely rare set of engravings after Wenceslaus Hollar
Franz Ertinger (1640-1710); after Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) - Diversité d'Animaux de Fleurs de Fruits et d'Insectes deßinez d'apres Nature par W. Hollar. / Animalium Florum Fructuum et Insectorum icones variae omnes ad vivum delineatae per W. Hollar. Paris, Langlois, c.1700. Oblong 4to. 11 (of 12) numbered engravings.
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Rare set of ornithological prints after Collaert
Visscher, Nicolaes; Collaert, Adriaen (after) - Avium vivae et artificiosissimae delineationes. Amsterdam, Nicolaes Visscher, 1659.
Oblong-4to. 24 engravings.
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Beautiful world map by Gerard Valk from c. 1690
VALK, Gerard (1651-1726) -"Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plan-Hemispheres ou sont Exactement Remarquées en general toutes les Parties de la Terre et de l'Eau suivant les relations les plus nouvelles". Amsterdam, c. 1690.
EUR 2.900,-
Only copy known
Hippopotamus. La Virtu dell'Hippopotamo, over Caval Marino. - Perugia, Jesi, Rimini, Milano & Mantova, (c.1610) 1 sheet.
Only known copy of this extremely rare broadside.
EUR 4.500,-
Unique copy of an 18th century zoological broadside depicting a shipworm
Jean Rousset de Missy (1686-1762) [after] - Wahre Abbildung und Grösse eines von denen in Holland sich befinden Würmern, welche in den West-Frießländischen See-Dämmen unsäglichen Schaden verursachet, und alles Holtzwerck auch Schiffe durchbohren und durchfressen. (Deutschland, c. 1733) - The only known copy of this broadside about the shipworm (Teredo Navalis).
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Unique copy of an incunable broadside
Maximilian I, Kaiser - Wir Maximlian von gots gnaden. Römischer Künig ... . (Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger?) 1499. Fol., 1 Bl. (Fragment). The only known copy of this broadside with a declaration by Emperor Maximilian I against Louis XII of France, regarding the conquest of Milan in 1499.
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Rare Incunable with more than 20 very early scientifical texts on mathematics, medicine, music, astronomy, rhetorics and many more
BLEMMIDES, Nicephorus - Logica cum aliis aliorum operibus. Gergio Valla interprete. Venedig, Simon Bevilaqua, 30. September 1498. Fol., Hldr. d. 19. Jhdts. Auf 6 Bünden. 155 (v. 156) Bl. (o. d. weiße 104. Bl.). Einzige Auflage. Sehr interessante Sammlung von über 20 Schriften u.a. zur Astronomie (z. B. Meteore, Astrolab), Mathematik, Medizin (z.B. Pest), Musik und Philosophie, darunter auch 3 Werke von Aristoteles und 4 von Galenus.
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Testimony of the customs of early 15th century France
Boutillier, Jean - La grant somme rural. Paris, (Pierre Sergent) and Denis Janot, 1538. Very rare edition of Boutillier's important collection of legislative customs and customs in use in the north of the kingdom of France.
EUR 2900,-
Unprinted manuscript annals of the city of Genoa from 1600-1610
PALLAVICINO, Giulio, c. 1558-1635 (attrib.) - Raconto delle cose successe in Genoa dal 1600. sin al 1610. Manuscript. Genova, (c. 1610-1620). Contemporary half-vellum. [325 x 225 x 30 mm]. (3), 134, (3) leaves.
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First Latin edition of the Ship of Fools
Brant, Sebastian and Jacobus Locher - Stultifera Navis.Basel, Johann Bergmann von Olpe, 1st March 1497. 18th century calf. With 117 large woodcut illustrations by Albrecht Dürer and others. -- FIRST LATIN EDITION.
EUR 29.500,-
Album mit Autographen von Personen des Hochadels und Adels der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie
Orig.-Lederalbum mit Vornamen der Halterin in Gold auf dem Vorderdeckel. 8vo (24x17 cm); Titel mit eigenhändiger Signatur der Halterin. Halterin des Albums war Irma Prinzessin Lobkowitz, geb. Gräfin Palffy ab Erdöd (1866-1950), Ehefrau von Maria August Georg Ferdinand von Lobkowitz (1862-1921).
EUR 6500,-
Rare Incunabula-Sammelband including Trithemius‘ important De laude scriptorum
Valuable collection of 7 incunabula. - De laude scriptorum pulcherimus tractatus. Mainz, Peter von Friedberg, 1494. - Bound with: Aphorismi compunctionis theologicales. Strasbourg, Johann Gruninger, 1497. - Bound with: Tractatus contra vicia. Strasbourg, Georg Husner, 1498. - Bound with: De operatione divini amoris. Mainz, Peter von Friedberg, after 27th August 1497. - Bound with: Fraternitas Rosaceae Coronae. Köln, Johann Landen, c. 1500. - Bound with: Sermo synodalis. Köln, Johann Landen, after 9th March 1500. - Bound with: Oratio mordacissima. Strasbourg, Johann Gruninger, c. 1500.
EUR 39.500,-
Familienbuch für Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich-Ungarn (Sissi)
Unikates Familienbuch, höchstwahrscheinlich zur Beerdigung von Elisabeth in Auftrag gegeben, mit ihrem Funeralwappen auf dem vorderen Einbanddeckel (Wien, 1898).
EUR 4500,-
Rare illustrated edition of a best-selling 15th century Incunable
D'AUVERGNE, Guillaume - Postilla guillermi super Epistolas et Evangelia de tempore et sanctis Et pro desufunctis. Augusta, Johannem Schensperger, 1494. 17th century vellum binding [205x155cm]. With Latin text on 2 columns, written in Gothic characters. With a large woodcut showing the scene of the crucifixion on the title page, 53 further text woodcuts. 162 unnumbered leaves.
EUR 7.500,-
Important annotated Josephus Incunable
JOSEPHUS, Flavius - De antiquitate judaica. De bello judaico. Contra Apionem. Venice, Reynaldus de Novimagio, 31 March 1481; 10 May '1400' [i.e. 1481]. Folio [Binding 320 x 215 mm; Pages 302 x 210 mm]. 232, 120 leaves (including all blanks). Rubricated in red and blue. With extensive contemporary, handwritten annotations and an eight-page manuscript, comprising the missing passages of Contra Apionem. Bound in contemporary wooden boards, clasps and leather spine renewed.
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The only known binding for Julius Caesar Scaliger, executed by the Putti Binder
PLUTARCH - La Seconda & ultima parte delle vite di Plutarcho di greco in latino in volgare novamente tradotte et historiate. Venice, Nicolao di Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1525. 4to [219 x 159mm] CCXV, (16) ff. (without last blank). With woodcut title border, 1 woodcut-initial and 29 woodcuts.
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First edition of Corneille’s „Pulcherie“
CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684) - "Pulchérie. Comedie heroique".Paris, Guillaume de Luyne, 1673. FIRST EDITION.
EUR 1.200,-
First German book on snuff tobacco
PRADE, Jean le Royer de - Tabacks-Historie, in welcher insonderheit vom Schnup-Taback eine außführliche Beschreibung/ als von desselben Zielung/ Zubereitung/ auch Würckungen ; und welcher Gestalt/ absonderlich der Schnup-Taback auß demselbigen möge bereitet werden ... / In französischer Sprache beschrieben durch Mons. de Prade. Ins Teutsche übersezzet von G. K. M. D. Frankfurt am Main, Daniel Paulli / Johann Georg Drullmann, 1684. Halbleinen um 1900; Schmal-8vo, 120 Seiten, 10 Bll
EUR 950,-
Editio Princeps of Froissart’s chronicles
FROISSART, Jean - Chroniques. Volume 1 (of 4). Paris, Antoine Vérard, n.d. (c. 1495). Folio [307 x 233 mm]. 275 (of 280) ll. With printers mark. Modern leather binding.
FIRST EDITION of the first volume of the greatest and most famous chronicle of French and English medieval history.
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Photo album of prize-winning stud horses
SCHNAEBELI, Heinrich - Album berühmter Deckhengste. Berlin, Schnaebeli, c. 1895. Oblong 4to [340 x 250 mm]. 22 original albumen prints, c. 155 x 210 mm. Mounted on original boards. Original richly decorated cloth.
EUR 1500,-
Unrecorded fish book
JOLLAIN, Gerard - Piscium vivae icones. Livre de Poissons, dessignez et gravez d'apres Nature, avec leur vertus et proprietez. Paris, Gerard Jollain, 1680. Oblong folio (18.2 x 28.1 cm). Engraved title page and 19 finely engraved plates [numbered 1-20]
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A newly discovered binding by the atelier of Claude de Picques
[PICQUES, Claude de (atelier)] / Appianus, Alexandrinus - Appianou Alexandreos Romaikon (graece)... Romanarum historiarum. Edited by Robert and Charles Estienne. Paris, Charles Estienne, 1551. Folio [350 x 232 mm].
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED WITH ALL THREE FONTS OF GARAMOND'S GRECS DU ROI. The present binding was executed at the atelier of Claude de Picques, binder to the king and one of the principal figures of the Golden Age of French bookbinding.
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The official account of the Eulenburg Expedition to Asia
(BERG, Albert) editor. - Die Preussische Expedition nach Ost-Asien. Nach amtlichen Quellen. 4 vols. Berlin, R. v. Decker, 1864-1873. Original cloth. 4to. XXII, 352; X, 375; XI, 426; VIII, 448 pages, with 48 lith. plates and 4 fold. lith. maps.
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One of Becher’s main works
BECHER, Johann Joachim - Natur-Kündigung der Metallen. Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wilhelm Ammon und Wilhelm Serlin, 1661. Vellum. With engraved title.
Rare first edition.
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Early 18th-century scrapbook
Scrapbook with about 84 cut-out images from engraved prints by Martin Engelbrecht. France, n.d. (c. 1740). Contemporary vellum.
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19th-century illustrated manuscript lectures on physics
(SCHUBARTH, Ernst Ludwig) - Physik. (Berlin), 1839. Manuscript notes on the Schubarth lectures of physics written by the student W. Mück. 810 pages. With 178 smaller, 1 full-page and two folded pen drawings.
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ORFELIN, Zakhariya - Istoriya o zhitii i slavnykh delakh Velikago Gosudarya Imperatora Petra Pervago Samoderzhtsa Vserossiiskago kot oruyu s predpolozheniem kratkoi geograficheskoi i politicheskoi istorii o rossiiskom tsarstve... Chast pervaya (-vtoraya). Venice: Demetrio Teodosio, 1772 [1774-1779]. 2 volumes. 4to (265 x 179mm.). With engraved title-page in each volume, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces.
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Lyon Binding
CICERO, Marcus Tullius - De Philosophia tomus primus. Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1548. 621 pp. Contemporary Lyon strapwork and gilt calf, gauffered edges. 16mo [text block 125 x 72 mm; binding 128 x 78 mm] Text ruled in red.
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Binding by Niccolo Franzese
XENOPHON - Opera, quae quidem Graece extant, omnia... in latinam linguam co[n]versa. Basle, Michael Isingrin, 1545. 8vo [171 x 120mm]. (24), 820, (2) pp., 1 blank. Contemporary brown morocco binding gilt, entwined border decoration, central panel with floral tools on curving stems, gauffered edges gilt.
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Frescoes by Raphael and the Caracci
MITELLI, Giuseppe Maria - L'Enea Vagante Pitture dei Carracci. Rome, Gian Giacomo de Rossi, 1663. Oblong-Folio [365 x 485 mm] 17 leaves. With engraved title and twenty etchings. Contemporary gold-tooled calf binding. Bound with: AQUILA, Pietro - Imagines farnesiani cubiculi cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis. and FANTETTI, Cesar and Pietro Aquila - Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, a Raphaele Sanctio Urbinato in Vaticani palatii xystis expressae.
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Trenck’s Pandurs
ENGELBRECHT, Martin - Collection of 21 engraved plates of Slavonian Pandurs. Augsburg, n.d. [c. 1742]. Folio (348 x 220 mm).
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17th century landscape art
PERELLE, Gabriel - Collection of 69 engraved plates with landscapes, including several complete series. Paris, Pierre Mariette, Francois and Nicolas de Poilly and Martinet, c.1665. Oblong-folio [310 x 460 mm] Later quarter leather binding with gilt spine.
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Heracles Revived
BEGER, Lorenz - Hercules Ethnicorum Ex Variis Antiquitatum Reliquiis Delineatus Additis in fine Modernis Qibusdam Eiusdem argumenti Picturis. [Berlin], 1705. Folio [402 x 260 mm]. 38 numbered, engraved plates (including title). Contemporary calf.
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Great Siege of Malta
CIRNI, Anton Francesco - Comentarii d'Antonfrancesco Cirni Corso, ne quali si descrive la guerra ultima di Francia, la celebratione del Concilio Tridentino, il soccorso d'Orano, l'impresa del Pignone, e l'historia dell'assedio di Malta. Rome, Giulio Accolto, 1567. 4to, (4), 132 (i.e. 136) leaves. With woodcut device on title and folding woodcut-block map of Malta at end. Contemporary vellum.
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Woodrow Wilson Political Cartoon
BAUMGARTEN, Eugen von - Wilson, der Demokrat. Partly hand-colored drawing. Folio [372 x 280 mm] Munich, September 4, 1918.
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World War I political cartoon
BAUMGARTEN, Eugen von - Lasst den Frieden nicht herein! Er bringt die Wahrheit mit. (Do not let the peace in! He brings the truth.) Munich, 1917. Folio [337 x 262 mm] Wash-drawing. Mounted.
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National Debt of the United States
BAUMGARTEN, Eugen von - Oh say, does the starspangled banner jet wave, o'er the land of the free, o'er the land of the braves? Hand-colored drawing. [57 x 46 cm] Munich, February 5, 1917.
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Original illustrations for Jules Renard’s „La Bigote“
DUDOUYT, Charles - Twenty original drawings for „La Bigote“ by Jules Renard. 20 (out of 21) signed original charcoal drawings. Made on Japanese paper and mounted on cardboard. Size ranges from c. 23,5 x 20 cm x 35 x 26 cm.
EUR 1400,-
Beautiful collection of Art Deco furniture designs
Poillerat, Gilbert (1902-1988) (attr.) - Manuscript catalogue / Collection of 42 designs for furniture pieces and other architectural elements. (France), 1930-1940.
EUR 3500,-
Extensive collection of unpublished drawings for Campe’s adaption of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
SAUVAGE, Arsene Symphorien; CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich - "Nuevo Robinson". ca. 1880. 33 unpublished drawings.
EUR 2500,-
Original illustrations for Jules Renard’s „Poil de carotte“
DUDOUYT, Charles - Eight original drawings for „Poil de carotte“ by Jules Renard. 8 (from 11) original charcoal drawings on Japanese paper mounted on blue cardboard. Size ranges from c. 25 x 21,5 cm to c. 40 x 24 cm.
EUR 1550,-
Original illustrations
HAYWOOD, Helen - 146 original pencil drawings for the children's book Brer Rabbit stories. March-August 1958. Various sizes. Various signed.
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Eines der seltensten Zeppelin-Bücher
LZ 129 Hindenburg. Zeppelin Weltfahrten III. Buch. Dresden, Zigarettenfabrik Greiling AG, 1937. oblong-folio [24 x 34 cm] [8] pp., 28 ll. With two plates, one folded construction plan and 155 mounted photos. Original pictorial wrappers.
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Unpublished Children’s Book Manuscript
HINDERKS-KUTSCHER, Rotraut - Malbuch. Ravensburg, Verlag Otto Maier. (c. 1930) Manuscript title page and 6 pp. with 8 colored drawings. Signed. oblong-8vo [210 x 265mm].
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French Colonialism in South Vietnam
Compagnie Agricole Sud-Indochinoise (Province de Biên Hòa) - Conseil d'Administration. Registre de Délibérations. Paris, 1926-1932. Folio [360 x 235 mm], 200 pp. of manuscript minutes. Contemporary cloth binding with handwritten title label on front cover.
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A milestone of Modern Typography
LISSITZKY, El and Hans Arp - Die Kunstismen - Les ismes de l'art - The isms of art. Erlenbach-Zürich, Eugen Rentsch Verlag, 1925. 4to [26,3 x 20,7 cm]. XI, 48 pp. With 76 illustrations. Original pictorial boards.
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Bedeutender Inkunabel-Sammelband mit zahlreichen handschriftlichen Annotationen eines Erfurter Magisters aus dem Jahre 1491
ARISTOTELES, Johannes Versoris und ANDREAE, Antonius - - 1) Johannes Versoris – Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum Aristotelis (1491) // 2) Aristoteles – Oeconomica (um 1491) // 3) Aristoteles – Politica (1492) // 4) Antonius Andreae – Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis (um 1491). -- 4 Inkunabeln in 1 Band.
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Commedia dell’Arte
XAVERY, Gerard Joseph - Het Italjaansch Tooneel Voortreffelijk in 16 verbeeldingen uytgevoert, Verrijkt met Nederduytsche en Fransche vaarzen. - Bound with: Het nieuw geopend Italiaans Toneel, vertonende de wonderlijke ziekte bezwangerheid en baring van Arlequin: benevens de opvoeding van des zelfs Jongen Zoon. Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk II, c. 1740. Folio [360 x 255 mm]. Contemporary vellum binding. Engraved titles, 16 engraved plates (each).
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Art Nouveau children’s book manuscript
BRUCH, Hans und Margarete - Märchenritt! Wer kommt mit? (Germany, 1912). Large-Folio [440 x 364 mm] 16 pages. With numerous watercolor drawings.
EUR 1500,- .
A newly discovered important album with drawings by the Marquise d’Argens, depicting the collection of classical antiquities at the Sanssouci Palace
MARQUISE D'ARGENS, Barbe Cochois (1723/1725-1780) - Desseins originaux d'apres l'antique. Folio [37.2 x 24.3 cm]. 119 leaves, including printed title and two blanks. With 122 drawings in red chalk. Contemporary half leather binding.
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Richly decorated Alphabet Book by Lukas Kilian
KILIAN, Lukas - (Newes ABC Buechlein inventirt und in Kupffer gestochen von Luca Kilian Burger zu Augsburg) Augsburg, (1627). Vellum binding [185 x 160 mm]. 24/24 engravings (lacks the title page).
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Germaine Krull’s first book publication
KRULL, Germaine; DEBSCHITZ-KUNOWSKI, Wanda von; PESCI, Jozsef - Der Akt - Zwanzig photographische Aufnahmen weiblicher Körper nach der Natur. 1st edition. Dachau, Einhorn-Verlag, 1918. Folio [40,7 x 30,5 cm] 23 pages. With 20 mounted photogravures. Original paper-covered boards with photogravure mounted on the upper board within a printed frame.
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